Word: arsons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stanford, at the University of Kansas, at Penn State, at the University of California's Santa Barbara campus, some student radicals have abandoned rhetoric for arson. In East Lansing, Mich., last week, three banks near Michigan State University were damaged by explosions. Thus far, most of the incendiary passion has been directed against property instead of people...
...firebomb thrown through the win-Dow of a ROTC building at Oregon State did little damage. But in Geneva, N. Y., a firebomb heavily damaged a ROTC building at Hobart College. A student was arrested and charged with arson...
Most students do not know what a large militant demonstration is like. Rumors of Weatherman plans for burning Yale, gun thefts in New Haven, and arson have prompted many to leave for the weekend. Those who remain have organized a variety of groups to accommodate the expected 25,000 demonstrators. Free meals are being served in all Yale dining halls. Student marshals will patrol the area 24 hours a day until Sunday. Housing Committee members have stated that they can accommodate up to 35,000 people in Yale dormitories...
Yesterday morning, a small fire flared briefly in the Yale Law School Library. The blaze was extinguished after doing $2000 damage. Preliminary reports indicate a strong possibility of arson. a fact which has served to increase the tension here...
Murder and Molestation. Last week West Bengal's Chief Minister, Ajoy Mukherji, leader of the Bangla Congress Party, made an extraordinary broadcast detailing the sad condition of his state and its 48 million people. "A disastrous situation has developed," he said. "Violence is rampant, with riots, looting, arson, destruction of life and property, murder, and molestation of women." The next day Mukherji resigned, and the 14-party United Front that had been ruling West Bengal collapsed...